"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" - 5V16

The night before Valentine's Day, Xander shows Buffy his V-Day gift for
Cordy: a necklace with a heart-shaped pendant. After cracking a few
jokes, Buffy assures Xander that Cordy will love his gift. She then
slays a vampire which rises from its grave, and they continue on with
their conversation.

The next morning, Harmony and her friends are shunning Cordy from their
discussion groups. They mock Cordy for dating Xander, whom they perceive
to be one of the biggest losers in Sunnydale. Elsewhere, Amy asks Willow
and Buffy if they plan on attending the V-Day party at the Bronze later
that night. Willow is going to see Oz play in the band, while Buffy
plans on staying home. As everyone leaves and hands in their assignment,
Xander notices that Amy does not have a paper to turn in. To his surprise,
he watches as Amy stares at Miss Beakman, the teacher. Miss Beakman then
reaches out her hand, as if she is taking Amy's paper which doesn't even
exist. Amy then turns and leaves. Xander catches up with Buffy and Willow,
telling them that he suspects Amy of messing around with witchcraft.
Buffy and Willow remind him that it was Amy's mother, Catherine, who was
the witch, and that Amy would never fool around with it. Giles spots
Buffy and approaches her. Jenny Calendar sees them and walks over,
but Giles brushes her off, saying that he and Buffy are busy at the
moment. In the library, Giles warns Buffy that Angel has a long past of
committing horrid acts on Valentine's Day. He refuses to tell Buffy any
specifics, however, but he does suggest that she be careful. Meanwhile,
in the factory, Spike and Angel give Drusilla their V-Day gifts. Spike
gives her a necklace, while Angel gives her a freshly torn-out heart.

That night, Buffy receives a box of roses, which were left at her
doorstep. Buffy opens the box and finds a card with only one word written
on it: "Soon". At the Bronze, Xander sees Cordy and walks over to give
her his gift. After admiring the necklace for a moment, Cordy breaks
up with him. Xander is righteously furious, and it only gets worse for
him the next day, as everyone in school seems to know that they broke
up. Xander then notices Amy walking around, so he runs over and tells
her that he knows she's practicing witchcraft. With the upper hand,
Xander strikes a deal with Amy: help him cast a love spell on Cordy,
and nobody will have to know that she's a witch. After arguing the idea
for a while, Amy concedes and tells Xander that she needs a personal
item of Cordelia's. Xander finds Cordy near her locker and demands that
she return the necklace he gave her. Cordy says it's in her locker, but
when she opens it, she hides behind the locker door so she can remove
the necklace from her neck without Xander seeing. Meanwhile, Buffy walks
into the library and shows Giles the "Soon" card. Buffy demands that Giles
tell her everything she needs to know about Angel and Valentine's Day, so
Giles sits her down and proceeds to read various anecdotes from his books.

In a darkened room, Amy and Xander perform the spell that should
cause Cordy to fall in love with him. However, Xander soon finds out
that the spell had no effect on Cordy. He walks into the library where
Buffy is still listening to Giles read his books. Buffy consoles Xander,
then suggests that they spend some time together that night. Buffy's
suggestions get increasingly lurid, but before they get too close, Amy
walks in and tells Xander that she needs to have a word with him. Outside
in the hall, Amy tells Xander that the spell didn't work. Xander could
care less know, seeing how his dreams of Buffy and himself are finally
being fulfilled. However, Amy then suggests that they spend some time
together later that night, without the spells and other witchcraft. Xander
grows suspicious, and his fears are confirmed when another girl approaches
and asks him to accompany her that night. Xander realizes that the spell
actually worked. However, instead of affecting Cordy, it zapped every
other girl in Sunnydale. Xander goes home to avoid everybody, only to
find Willow waiting for him in his bed. Willow wants to him to take her
right there in his bed, and when things get a little too steamy between
them, Xander pushes her off and runs off.

The next day, every single girl in the school ogles Xander as he
walks down the hall. He quickly enters the library and tells Giles
everything that's going on. Before Giles can process the information,
Jenny walks in and tells Giles that they need to talk. However, her
attention quickly shifts to Xander, proving that the spell affected not
only the girls, but every single female in town. Giles gets between the
two and berates Xander for causing all this to happen. He then leaves
Xander in the library, dragging Jenny along with him. After they leave,
Xander tries to barricade the entrance to the library, but Buffy simply
walks in, wearing nothing but a raincoat. She seductively asks Xander
to undress her, but he can't, for he knows that what Buffy is doing is
not out of attraction for him, but simply a result of the spell. Just
then, Amy arrives and tells Buffy to leave. Instead, Buffy punches her
to the floor. Angered, Amy gets up and casts a spell on Buffy, turning
her into the small rat. Giles and Jenny return just then. While Xander
and Giles try to catch the rat, Oz walks into the library and punches
Xander for whatever he did to depress Willow. While Xander assures Oz
that nothing happened, the rat escapes through the partly-opened library
door. Realizing that the rat is gone, Giles commands Xander and Oz to
find the rat while he tries to get Amy to reverse the spells. Giles soon
determines that Amy must have made a mistake in the casting that caused
Cordy to be protected by the spell instead of affected by it.

In the hallway, Xander notices a fight breaking out. To his horror,
he sees a mob of girls beating on Cordy. The mob is angry at Cordy for
breaking Xander's heart. Rushing in through the love-crazed girls, Xander
pulls Cordy out of the pack and runs away with her. They run outside, only
to find Willow and dozens of other girls. Willow is wielding an axe, for
she would rather see Xander dead than with Cordy. While the mobs of girls
battle each other, Xander and Cordy escape through the commotion and end
up at Buffy's house. Joyce lets them in and, after sending Cordy upstairs
to get some bandages, starts seducing Xander. Cordy is sickened by this,
so she pushes Joyce outside. Joyce punches through the door window and
struggles to unlock the door, so Xander and Cordy run upstairs and hide
in Buffy's room. Thinking they're safe, Angel suddenly arrives and pulls
Xander through the window and throws him to the ground below. Before Angel
can kill him, Drusilla arrives and protects Xander. While Angel leaves,
Dru offers immortal life to Xander. Before she can sink his teeth into
his neck, the mob of girls finally track them down. They pull Xander
away from Dru and pile up on top of Xander. Cordy runs out and pulls
Xander out from the pile before quickly running back inside. All the
girls chase them into the house. That is, everyone except Dru. Angel
reminds her that she can't get in without an invitation. Xander and
Cordy run into the basement and lock themselves in there. Meanwhile,
Oz tracks the rat into the school basement. The rat is first menaced
by a cat, then approaches a mouse trap. Upstairs, Giles and Amy perform
the reversal spells. They first reverse the spell on Buffy, causing her
to transform back to her human self. She quickly realizes that she is
completely naked, so she asks Oz to find her some clothes. While Giles
and Amy work on reversing the love spell, the mob of girls break open
the basement door. Xander and Cordy run downstairs, but there's nowhere
to go. Soon, all the girls gang up on top of them. Finally, Giles and
Amy complete the reversal spell, and everybody returns to normal. All
the girls look around, completely confused as to what's going on. Cordy
makes up an excuse that they had just finished a scavenger hunt.

The next day, Buffy thanks Xander for not taking advantage of her
the previous day. It seems that everybody retained their memory of what
occurred during the run of the spell. Xander then bumps into Harmony, who
is walking with Cordy and the rest of their friends. After Harmony mocks
Xander, Cordy has had enough. She rips on Harmony and tells everybody
that she can date whoever she wants to date. Cordy then walks over to
Xander and takes his hand. Cordy is horrified by what she's just done,
but Xander comforts her, and the two of them walk off, together again.